Sexual Purity and the Bible
March 31, 2009
That’s right-we are going to talk about sexual purity, the topic that everybody likes to avoid. Sexual impurity ranges from a lust-full thought to actual acts of perverted behavior. In today’s modern world, every where you look, there’s sex and very rarely is it between two married people. If you turn on the TV, you see scantily clad women on MTV, and HBO. You can go to the super market to see magazines with half naked models and articles about sex. The internet is full of pornography sites and pop-up adds that take you to adult personal sites. Temptation is everywhere! How, as Christians, are we supposed to stay pure in today’s world?
The first thing that you need to do is to pray. Pray and pour your heart out to the Lord. Tell him how much you are struggling to stay pure, and ask him for his help on your journey. Every day, ask the lord to help you to stay pure. Take it day by day, and remember that you can do all things with the Lord on your side.
You also have to stop believing all of Satan’s lies and excuses about sex. These include:
- I cannot stay pure. Nobody is perfect.
- God will forgive me so i can do it and then ask for forgiveness
- I’ve gone too far to turn back now
- If God didn’t want me to have sex, he wouldn’t have given me these desires
- Everybody else is doing it
The truth is that If we truly love the Lord, our hearts won’t be totally satisfied unless we live the way that he intended for us. He would not command us to do something impossible and if we have the holy spirit within us, then we can do all things with his power.
Another thing that you can do is to meditate on the following bible verses 1 Corinthians 6 18 &19. The verses are very straight forward.
Bible Verse of Day
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own
1 Corinthians6, 18&19
Sexual Purity and Abstinence
July 31, 2008
The following article was written by Jesse Butler, an 18 year old Christian Teen:
Many people feel uncomfortable when the topic of sexual purity or abstinence comes up mainly due to their own temptations, or past sins. As Christians, we are commanded by God to live a sexually pure life. Now I’m sure that all of you have heard all this before: “Save sex for marriage, blah blah blah…”
But the problem is not knowing what is right. The real struggle is doing what is right and saving sex for the right place and time. (which is marriage) Today;s society is screaming at us to engage in sexual activities in any way, and as often as we would like with whoever we want. So how are we as Christians supposed to stay pure and live up to Gods standards.
Sexual Purity Tips
- A good thing that we can to avoid sexual sins is to make sure that we don’t put ourselves in situations where there is temptation. If you are in a dating relationship, and things are getting very serious, then it would be a bad idea to be together alone in a house because it may cause temptation which can lead to sexual sin. Instead go out somewhere where it would be difficult to take things too far.
- Try not to engage in activities that may tempt you to sin sexually. There many fun and creative dating ideas that you can choose from that will help you get brainstorming.
Overall, staying pure is a day by day commitment. Remember that God already has that special someone for you, and if you have sex before marriage, then you will be cheating yourself and your future soul mate of untold great sex.
Bible Verse of Day
We should not commit sexual immorality
1 Cor. 10:8
